Swimming Microbes (VIDEO)
Caption
The force created by tiny swimming organisms pushing themselves forward with flagella creates currents in liquid that push the swimmers together and apart in seemingly organized schools. When a computer simulation of a sheet of swimming particles (yellow marks their highest concentration, blue empty liquid) is nudged into action, the forces and flows bend, disperse and gather the organisms in what looks like coherent flocks.
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Video courtesy of Saverio Spagnolie
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